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Webster 1913 Edition
Torrid
Tor′rid
,Adj.
1.
Parched; dried with heat;
“Barca or Cyrene’s torrid soil.” as, a
. torrid
plain or desertMilton.
2.
Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching.
“Torrid heat.” Milton.
Torrid zone
(Geog.)
, that space or board belt of the earth, included between the tropics, over which the sun is vertical at some period of every year, and the heat is always great.
Webster 1828 Edition
Torrid
TOR'RID
,Adj.
1.
Parched; dried with heat; as a torrid plain or desert.2.
Violently hot; burning or parching; as a torrid heat.Torrid zone, in geography, that space or broad belt of the earth included between the tropics, over which the sun is vertical at some period every year, and where the heat is always great.